GNU bug report logs - #17365
24.3; Visiting tags table in combination with fill column indicator causes Emacs to hang

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jon Dufresne <jon.dufresne <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:58:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Forwarded to https://github.com/alpaker/Fill-Column-Indicator/issues/49

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Jon Dufresne <jon.dufresne <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 17365 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17365: 24.3; Visiting tags table in combination with fill column indicator causes Emacs to hang
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 10:09:01 -0400

Jon Dufresne wrote:

> It is possible that this is a bug in fci-mode, however, it seems to me
> that a buggy third party script should not be capable of freezing the
> entire Emacs process, so I am filing it here.

As a general comment, an external package can break Emacs in an infinite
number of ways, including making it freeze. That's just how it is.
(I haven't checked your specific issue.)
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